Transplanter



Sept. 20, 1932. E. H. LAMIELL I 1,878,412

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TaANsrLANrna Application filed October 16, 1923,. SeriaI No. 312,8 5.

The invention relates to improvements in plant setters for setting and transplanting cabbage, tobacco, tomato and other plants which are first sprouted and grown to an I early stage of development in beds and subsequently transplanted and set in rows in the field for completedevelopment.

It is known that hand operated tools been devised for'setting such plants, it being ing, uncomfortable and tiring position to individually form a hole to set each plant, the plant then being set in position and covered by hand.

V The object ofthe present improvement is to provide a small hand. propelled device which will plow or dig a furrow into which the pants are set, means being provided upon; the device. for properly-spacing the plants a apart in the furrow, for watering ea'ch plant as soon as it is-set and for covering the roots of the plant with earth as the :device is propelled. A

The'above and other objects. may be attained by constructing the improved trans planter in the manner illustrated in the ac-' companying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the transplanter; V r I Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; V Fig. 3, an enlarged fragmentary rear elevation showing the inclined rear wheels for packing the 'earthupon each side of the plant roots; and r Fig. 4, an enlarged ing the shoe which forms the furrow and covers the roots of the plant with earth.

throughout the drawings. I

having the front wheels 3 journalled thereon.

Inwardly and downwardly inclined arms ried by each of said arms, The front and] rear wheels form traction means for moving 50. the plant setter over the ground.

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necessaryfor the operator to assume a stoopfragmentary view showi the earth toward the Similar numerals refer to similar parts The device may be mounted on a-frame ini eluding the side members 1 to the forward; ends of which isconnectedthefront axle 2 A shoe 7 ,for forming a furrow in the path of the transplanter, maybe connected tothe frame at its forward end as at 8 and is curved downward and backward, terminating inthe diverging blade members 9 arranged for en: gagement with the ground to, open'upa fur row.

The rear portion of-this shoe may be adj ustably supported from theframe as by the supporting bars 10,each-.of which may have a plurality 'of apertures 11in its upper. end portion for selective engagement with a bolt or the like as shown at 12. 1

A pair of handles 13 are connected to the side members, at points spaced fromthe rear ends thereof and extended backward and upward at an angle thereto. Hand grip portions 14 may be provided at the rear extremities of these handles and braces 15 may be located between intermediate portions of the handles and the rear end portions of the side members.

A box .16 may be mounted between the 7 upper portions of the handles "for the purpose of carrying a be transplanted. I

The plant tubel'? may be supported at its quantity of the plants to upper end upon the box 16 and extends downward to a point betweenthe rear end portions of the shoe 'blades 9, so that the stop finger will engage the-lug on the wheel at predetermined intervals for stopping the movement of the plant setter. 1 V Bearwardly converging blades 18 may be fixedfto the rear end portions of the shoe blades 9 and extended beyond thelower end of the plant tube for the purpose of scraping cover the roots of the same. 7

A'water. reservoir 1 9 may be mounted upon the side members and preferably communicates, through the port 20 in itslowerend, with an auxiliary reservoir 21 which ispro plant on each side to:

vided with the spout 22 terminating at a point 7 adj acent-to the endof the plant tube.

A port 28 is provided to form communication between the lower end of the auxiliary reservoir and thesp'out 22. The valve rod2t l is slidablylocated through both of'the ports 2Qand 23 and provided-with thevalves 25 I f and 26 for closingnsaidmports, respectively.

a link 29 being pivotally These valves are so located upon the valve rod that one port will always be open when the other is closed. 7 p

The valve rod 24 may extend to a point near the top of the reservoir 19 where it is connected to an intermediate portion of the lever 27, one end of which is fulcrumed as at28,

other end thereof.-

The lower portion o this" link may be pivot;

ed to one arm'o'f' a bell crank 30 pivoted'as at 31 upon one of the side members, The other arm 3201? the bell crank is connected to a link 33 which extends to -a point near the upper end of one of the handles, being pivotally connected to an operating lever 34 which is pivoted upon the handle as at'35.

For the purpose of properlyvspacing the plants apart, a link 36 may be connected to the arm 32 of-the bell'crank lever and to ajstop finger37 pivoted as at 38 upon the adjacent side member of the frame.

In the normal position of the stop finger 37 the same is located in the path of the lug or lugs39 which may be carried'upon one or more spokes of the adjacent front wheel 3, so that the stop finger will engage the lug on the wheel at predetermined intervals for stopping thev movement of the plant setter. i

In operating the device the same is/propelled forwardly along theyground by means 1 of, vthehandles 13 until the lug 39 contacts with the s'top finger 37, preventing further forward movement of the device. Q

.As the device has beenipropelled along the.

ground the diverging blades 9.0f, the shoe have formed a furrow in the ground.

The operator thentakes a plant from the box 16. and drops the same, root down, int-o the plant tube 17, the plant falling through thetube andinto the furrow. I p

- The lever 34; may then bepu-lledtoward the adj acent'hand' grip 14 and through the link 33'," bell crank 3032 and link 29, the lever @27 will be depressed, loweringthe valve rod 24',- the valve 25' closing the port-20 and pre venting water from running from the reservoir 19 into the auxiliary reservoir, while the valve 26 will be moved out of engagement With the port '23, permitting the contents of the auxiliary reservoir to be discharged through the spout22 around the'ro'ots of the plant, i

w This operation ofthei bell crank will,

througlrthe link 36 move thestop fingerBT outof-the path of the lug 39, as indicated in dottedlines in 2, permitting the device to be propelled forwardly until the lug again contacts withthe stop finger. V

It should be understood that as soonias the transplanter starts to. move forward the op- 654in Fig. 1', closing the valve26' and opening erator may release the lever 34, permitting the associated parts to assume theposi-tion shown connected to the It will'be seenthat by providing the auxil g iary reservoir, a predetermined"amount of water may be discharged upon each plant, thus obviating the possibility of flooding the plant and at thesametin e providing suflicient Water for the purpose.

'I claim :v

1. A portable plant setter including a.

frame movable over the ground, a reservoir on the frame'having a valved opening in its lower portion means'car'ried by the frame means, traction means for moving the plant setter over the ground, and stop mean'son the frame normally adapted to engage-the} traction means at predetermined intervals.

2. A plant setter including a reservoir having an opening in lts'lower portlon, an

auxiliary reservoir communicating with said opening and having an opening in its lower v portion, a valve for each opening, means for alternately closing said valves, rearwardly diverging blades for forming an opening. in the earth a spout leading from the auxiliaryreservoir opening and't'erminating between the diverging blades, and a plant tube terminating adjacent the spout termination between the diverging blades. I p

3. A portable plant setter including a frame movable'over thegr0und,a' shoe car? ried by the frame for forming an opening in the earth, a plant tube for discharging plants adjacent to said shoe, traction means for moving the plantsetter over the ground,

stop means positioned on the frame for nor- 'mally engaging the traction means at'prefor forming an opening in the earth, a plant] tube for dischargingplants adjacent to said determined intervals for stopping the move ment of the plant setter, and means for moving the stop means out of normal position;

4. A portable plant setter including a frame movable over the ground, a reservoir upon the frame having a valved opening in 3 its lower portion, means carried by the frame for forming an opening in the earth, a plant tube for dischargingplants adjacent to said means, traction-means for moving the plant setter over the ground,stop means normally positioned for cooperating with' the traction means for stopping the movement of the plant. setter at predetermined times, andmeans for opening said valved opening and for simultaneously-moving said stop means out of normal position;

. 5. A-- plant setter including a reservoir havlng an openingin lts lower portlon, an

auxiliary reservoir communicating with said opening and having an opening in its lower portion, a valve for each opening, means for alternately closing said valves, a spout leading downwardly from the auxiliary reservoir opening and terminating be low the same, and a plant tube terminating adjacent the spout termination.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name. 1

EARLD H. LAMIELL 

